Political Science

Includes digital archives of all U. S. congressional sessions and committee hearings since 1987 with linked full-text from the Congressional Record. Programs are searchable by subject, speakers, committees, etc.

This database, updated monthly, provides access to U.S. government documents including Congressional reports, hearings, debates, and records, as well as judiciary materials and documents issued by executive departments from 1976 to the present.

Primary source collection of office files of the FBI, including J. Edgar Hoover's files; and the "Do Not File" files which have survived. Also includes records of the Subversive Activities Control Board (SACB) which is useful for the study of left-wing radicalism during the 1950s and 1960s. Also searchable in History Vault.

A primary source document collection covering the Kennedy, Johnson, and Nixon presidencies, as well as records from federal agencies. Issues of the challenging times chronicled span women’s rights, environmental issues, urban renewal, rural development, tax reform, civil rights, space exploration, international trade, War on Poverty, and the Watergate trials. Also searchable in History Vault.

This primary source collection covers U.S. involvement in Vietnam, including the perspective of State Department officials, Associated Press reporters, and members of the U.S. Armed forces, including the Marines and the Military Assistance Command, Vietnam (MACV); General William Westmoreland Papers, and National Security Files from the Kennedy, Johnson, Nixon, and Ford administrations. Also searchable in History Vault.

Containing nearly 11 million pages of records and briefs brought before the U.S. Supreme Court in the period 1832-1978, this database provides an essential primary source tool for the study of all aspects of American history as well as the U.S. judicial system. Also searchable in Gale Primary Sources.